2009
![KIGALI, Rwanda - 1st Lieutenant Charles Jones, Headquarters Support Company, Southern European Task Force (SETAF), and approximately 30 soldiers from the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) weigh water-holding tanks, January 11, 2009, in Kigali, Rwanda. The tanks are part of 75 tons of equipment and military vehicles which will be airlifted to the Darfur region of Sudan in support of African Union and United Nations peacekeepers there. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Samuel Bendet, U.S. Africa Command)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2009/darfur/011409_darfur.gif)
(KIGALI, Rwanda, January 14, 2009)
U.S. Begins Flying Rwandan Peacekeeping Equipment to Darfur
![SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois - U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs assigned to Air Mobility Command, similar to the one pictured in this stock photo, are scheduled to airlift equipment from Rwanda into the Darfur region of Sudan, January, 2009, in support of a U.S. Africa Command-led operation to aid United Nations and African Union peacekeeping missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Jeremy Lock)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2009/darfur/012209_darfur.jpg)
(SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois, January 9,
2009)
Africa Command-Led Airlift to Deliver Equipment Supporting Peacekeeping Operations in Darfur
2008
DECEMBER
![SKOURA, Morocco - Moroccan veterinarians partner with U.S. Africa Command's Civil Military Support Element to provide treatment for animals during a veterinary capability training program in Skoura, Morocco, November 19-28, 2008. During the program, the team treated more than 34,000 animals in 15 locations in the north central region of Morocco. To date, this is the largest VETCAP operation conducted on the African continent under U.S. Africa Command. (Photo courtesy of Civil Military Support Element)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/morocco/120508.gif)
SKOURA, Morocco - Moroccan veterinarians partner with U.S. Africa Command's Civil Military Support Element to provide treatment for animals during a veterinary capability training program in
Skoura, Morocco, November 19-28, 2008. During the program, the team treated more than 34,000 animals in 15 locations in the north central region of Morocco. To date, this is the largest VETCAP operation conducted on the African continent under U.S. Africa Command. (Photo courtesy of Civil Military Support Element)
AUGUST
(TBILISI, Georgia, August 19,
2008)
First Navy Humanitarian Relief Aircraft Arrives in Georgia
![TLIBISI, Georgia - International press photograph U.S. State Department special envoy, Matthew Bryza, and a Georgian official who greeted the delivery of 16 pallets containing $1M in U.S. donated medical supplies, blankets, sleeping bags and bed sheets for the people of the Republic of Georgia here, Aug. 13, 2008. The delivery was a joint service effort between Airmen representing both U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Mobility Command, as well as U.S. Army Europe Soldiers. (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Scott Wagers)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/georgia/081408.jpg)
(TLIBISI, Georgia, August 14,
2008)
U.S. military provides humanitarian aid to Georgia
(WASHINGTON)
Cluster Munitions Policy Released
JULY
JUNE
![TAGHJIJT, Morocco--Royal Moroccan Army Lieutenant Mustapha Bazi (left) gives an eye exam to a local Moroccan man during a humanitarian civic action project in Taghjijt, Morocco June 17, 2008. A 60-member team of Moroccan and American military medical professionals provided free medical and dental care to more than 9,000 patients in six rural villages in the Guelmim Province of Morocco during a six-day exercise called African Lion 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sergeant Rocco DeFilippis)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/morocco/062608.gif)
(TIFNIT, Morocco, Jun 26,
2008)
U.S. Service Members Team Up with Moroccan Medical Professionals to Provide Health Care in Guelmim Province
![TALI, Ghana--Private First Class Zac J. Vaughn, U.S. Marine Corps, passes a wooden toy to a child who just received medical care in Tali, Ghana, in June, 2008. During an exercise called Shared Accord, U.S. service members partnered with Ghanaian medical professionals to administer medical and dental care to residents and treat livestock.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Master Sergeant Donald E. Preston)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/africa/062608.gif)
(DABOYA, Ghana, Jun 26,
2008)
Thousands of Ghanaians Benefit from Medical, Dental Care
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/061308b.jpg)
Peru Honors USS Boxer With A Farewell Ceremony
![MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIRBASE, Constanta — Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class William Potter, with Naval Military Construction Battalion (NCMB) 74, dances a Romanian dance with Mitran Mariana, principal of Kindergarten 31 here, during a June 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the end of renovations done by members of NMCB 74 at the school. (Department of Defense photo by Army Sgt. Aimee Millham)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/romania/062008.jpg)
(MIHAIL
KOGALNICEANU AIRBASE, Constanta)
Ceremony marks the end of Seabee renovation project
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/africa/061908.gif)
TEMA, Ghana - Commander M
Quashie, Ghanaian Navy, welcomes people to the ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 3, 2008, to celebrate the opening of a newly-built health clinic in
Tema, Ghana
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/061208.jpg)
(HUACHO,
Peru, June 12, 2008)
Continuing Promise Begins Medical Work in Peru
![RIGA, Latvian Army soldiers from the Latvian Home Guards 34 unload a desk the Naujenes Orphanage in the region of Daugavpils, June 4, 2008. This is one of several humanitarian assistance projects undertaken by the U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation within the framework of the U.S. European Command's Humanitarian Assistance program. The complete shipment consists of furniture; bedding; linens; sports and camping equipment; television sets; a refrigerator; dishwasher; washing machine and dryer; and tents for outdoor activities. (Department of Defense photo by Kristine Fridberga )](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/latvia/060508.jpg)
(RIGA,
Latvia, June 5, 2008)
U.S. Embassy donates supplies and equipment to Naujenes'
Orphanage
![U.S. Airmen assigned to Task Force New Horizon Peru 2008 stack cement blocks to begin the construction of a clinic in Yanama, Peru in support of New Horizons Peru 2008, a humanitarian event that benefits thousands of Peruvians. Nearly 300 members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marines, and Navy came together to provide Peruvians with new schools, clinics, and water wells. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kerry Jackson)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/new_horizon/060408.jpg)
(HUAMANGA, Peru, June 4,
2008)
U.S. Troops Begin Humanitarian Mission in Peru
![SONSONATE, El Salvador (May 20, 2008) - El Salvador Ministry of Health´s Dr. Ingred Hernandez and Fleet Surgical Team Five´s Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Katherina Nelson apply amalgum to a patients tooth at the Miravale medical clinic during Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. Boxer is currently deployed in support of CP, a two-month Humanitarian Civic Assistance mission to Central and South America to demonstrate the cooperative partnerships among allies. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Jarvis.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/060308.jpg)
(SONSONATE, El Salvador, June 3,
2008)
USS Boxer Wraps Up Humanitarian Operations in El Salvador
MAY
![ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (May 26, 2008) – USS Boxer’s (LHD 4) Personnel Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Maria Arteaga translates for her grandmother during an eye exam at the Canton la Sunza school as part of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. Boxer is currently deployed in support of the Pacific phase of CP, an equal-partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Porter Anderson.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/052908.jpg)
(ACAJUTLA, El Salvador, May 29,
2008)
Continuing Promise Brings Medical Aid to Salvadoran Community
![Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Homer, watches as Navy Seabees and Army Soldiers load sleeping bags onto a truck in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 20. (Navy photo by PO3 John Hulle)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/ethiopia/052608.jpg)
(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 26,
2008)
Troops lend hand to Ethiopian fire victims
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/052808b.jpg)
(EL
SUNZA, El Salvador, May 28, 2008)
Salvadoran President Visits Boxer, Continuing Promise Site Ashore
![SONSONATE, El Salvador (May 23, 2008) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (SW) Linda Grant, embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), provides dental care to a medical patient at the Miravalle medical site. Boxer is currently deployed in support of the Pacific phase of Continuing Promise 2008, an equal partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Matthew Jackson. (Released)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/052808a.jpg)
(SONSONATE, El Salvador, May 28,
2008)
U.S. Military, Salvadoran Veterinarians Provide Care for Livestock
(SONSONATE, El Salvador, May 27,
2008)
Continuing Promise Med Techs Save Lives Through Equipment Repair
![GYUMRI, Armenia — Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Frazier, Army Maj. Edward G. Keller, Bilateral Affairs Officer, and Ani Melkumyan are provided a presentation consisting of children singing and dancing classic Armenian songs and choreography.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/armenia/052708.jpg)
(GYUMRI, Armenia, May 27,
2008)
U.S. Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation delivers property to Fridtjof Nansen Orphanage
(ACAJUTLA, El Salvador, May 19,
2008)
USS Boxer Arrives in El Salvador for Humanitarian Mission
![ABOARD USS BOXER (LHD 4), At sea (May 13, 2008) - Fleet Surgical Team 5´s Navy Capt. (Dr.) Thomas Marshall and Project Hope´s Dr. R. Dirk Noyes, use skin clamps and retractors to gain access to a Guatemalan patient´s hernia during Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Jarvis](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/051908.jpg)
(ABOARD USS BOXER
(LHD 4), At sea, May 19, 2008)
Continuing Promise Offers Surgeries Aboard Boxer
![Members of the Chinese media gather around a C-17 Globemaster III from the 15th Airlift Wing at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. The United States Pacific Command support of earthquake relief efforts was authorized by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in support of the U.S. Department of State. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/prc/051808c.jpg)
(CHENGDU SHUANGLIU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, People's Republic of China, May 18,
2008)
Air Force delivers 200,000 lbs of relief to China
![PUERTO DE SAN JUAN, Guatemala (May 13, 2008) - USS Boxer´s (LHD 4) Lt. Cmdr. ??(Dr.) Sugat Patel examines a Guatemalan girl at Escuela las Pampas during the Pacific ?phase of Continuing Promise (CP) 2008. Boxer is currently deployed in support of CP, an ?equal partnership mission between the United States, Guatemala, El Salvador and Peru. ?U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW/AW) Brian Gaines (RELEASED)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/051608.jpg)
(PUERTO DE SAN JUAN, Guatemala, May 16,
2008)
Continuing Promise Brings Hope to Children
![(ALDEA EL HIGUERAL, Guatemala, May 14, 2008)Continuing Promise, Boxer Bring Medical Aid to Guatemala School](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/051408.jpg)
(ALDEA EL
HIGUERAL, Guatemala, May 14, 2008)
Continuing Promise, Boxer Bring Medical Aid to Guatemala School
![(COMASAGUA, El Salvador, May 12, 2008)Joint Task Force-Bravo deploys to El Salvador, performs humanitarian mission](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/el_salvador/051208.jpg)
(COMASAGUA, El Salvador, May 12,
2008)
Joint Task Force-Bravo deploys to El Salvador, performs humanitarian mission
APRIL
![(ABOARD USS BOXER (LHD 4), San Diego, April 28, 2008) Boxer Deploys to Latin America for Continuing Promise 2008](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/cont-promise-08/042808.jpg)
(ABOARD USS BOXER
(LHD 4), San Diego, April 28, 2008)
Boxer Deploys to Latin America for Continuing Promise 2008
![Beyond the Horizon. From March through September, U.S. military personnel will deploy to Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname to conduct comprehensive humanitarian assistance exercises](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/041408b.jpg)
Beyond the Horizon.
From March through September, U.S. military personnel will deploy to Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname to conduct comprehensive humanitarian assistance
exercises
![(LAS MESAS, Honduras, April 10, 2008)U.S., Honduran Army engineers create an equation for success](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/041008.jpg)
(LAS MESAS, Honduras, April 10,
2008)
U.S., Honduran Army engineers create an equation for success
![(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, April 3, 2008)Beyond the Horizon 2008 begins in Honduras](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/040308.jpg)
(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, April 3,
2008)
Beyond the Horizon 2008 begins in Honduras
![(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras. April 14, 2008) U.S. military urologists, local docs treat patients in Honduras](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/041408.jpg)
(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras. April 14,
2008)
U.S. military urologists, local docs treat patients in Honduras
![(NAIROBI, Kenya, April 7, 2008) Well-Drilling Project Builds African Partnerships](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/kenya/040708.jpg)
(NAIROBI, Kenya, April 7,
2008)
Well-Drilling Project Builds African Partnerships
MARCH
![(MONROVIA, Liberia, March 27, 2008) Sea-based Marines deliver humanitarian supplies to Liberians](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/liberia/032708.jpg)
(MONROVIA, Liberia, March 27,
2008)
Sea-based Marines deliver humanitarian supplies to Liberians
(MONROVIA, Liberia, March 25,
2008)
Navy-chartered ship delivers humanitarian aid equipment to Liberia
![Amb. W. Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, answers questions from local reporters here March 17, after a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Oblast AIDS Center In-patient facility. The Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) chose the Mykolaiv AIDS Prevention and Treatment Center for a humanitarian assistance project for a full renovation. The ODC donated over $177,000 and were able to rewire, repaint and improve plumbing for the center. The contract was funded in September 2007, and was complete in February 2008.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/ukraine/031908.jpg)
(MYKOLAIV, Ukraine,
March 19, 2008)
Mykolaiv Ribbon Cutting for a new AIDS Prevention and
Treatment Center
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/031808.jpg)
(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, March 18, 2008)
Joint Task Force-Bravo team provides medical care in Honduran village
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/031708.jpg)
(SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, March
17, 2008)
Nicaragua-based U.S. troops awarded for disaster relief efforts
![FOL Manta delivers flood relief supplies](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/ecuador/006-ecuador.gif)
(LOCATION MANTA, Ecuador, March 12,
2008)
FOL Manta delivers flood relief supplies
![SOUTHCOM coordinates airlift of aidSOUTHCOM coordinates airlift of aid to Ecuadorian disaster relief workers to Ecuadorian disaster relief workers](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/ecuador/007-ecuador.gif)
(MIAMI, March 7,
2008)
SOUTHCOM coordinates airlift of aid to Ecuadorian disaster relief workers
FEBRUARY
![Moldova opens new burn center with U.S. help](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/moldova/022508.jpg)
(STUTTGART, Germany, February 25,
2008)
Moldova opens new burn center with U.S. help
JANUARY
![Francis Otto, a veterinary assistant, fills his injection gun with a rabies solution during a Veterinary Civic Action Program at an Internally Displaced Personnel Camp in Gulu, Uganda, January 25. Ugandan veterinary teams, assisted by U.S. soldiers, treated more than 30,000 animals during the visit, which ended February 2. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, based in Djibouti, provides resources to support an animal healthcare program executed by the Gulu and Amuru District Officers and their staff at more than 40 IDP Camps in Northern Uganda. (Photo by Senior Airman Jacqueline Kabluyen, U.S. Air Force](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/africa/uganda.jpg)
GULU, Uganda -
A veterinary assistant, fills his injection gun with a rabies solution during a Veterinary Civic Action Program
![PACAF team donates to Thai school](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/thailand/080130-F-1620L-001.jpg)
(KORAT
ROYAL THAI AIR BASE, Thailand, January 31, 2008)
PACAF team donates to Thai school
![U.S. military eye docs restore sight for hundreds in Honduras](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/honduras/012908.jpg)
(SOTO
CANO AIR BASE, Honduras, January 29, 2008)
U.S. military eye docs restore sight for hundreds in Honduras
![U.S. provides demining equipment to Armenian demining unit](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/armenia/012308.jpg)
(YEREVAN, Armenia, January 29,
2008)
U.S. provides demining equipment to Armenian demining unit
(MIAMI, January 29,
2008)
SOUTHCOM responds to flooding in Bolivia
![U.S. Government Funded Primary School Dedicated in Bugesera](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/iraq/IMG_2902.jpg)
(KIGALI, Rwanda, January 8,
2008)
U.S. Government Funded Primary School Dedicated in Bugesera
![Ambassador Kirby Celebrates Community Center Opening](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/iraq/112107.JPG)
Ambassador Kirby Celebrates Community Center Opening
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090807223746im_/http://www.dsca.osd.mil/images/front/2008/iraq/111307.jpg)
U.S.
European Command sponsors humanitarian assistance program in
Rwanda